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Just a random thought. I see a lot of fitness and weight makeover shows that involve extremely heavy clients. the trainers often make them do a lot of explosive work, as well as a lot of joint intense work right out of the gate.

This makes me wince. Maybe I am an oddball here but I would rather play it safe and build some conditioning while working on better eating habits.

I don't know my body could take the beating some of these trainers put clients through.

Just a random thought. I see a lot of fitness and weight makeover shows that involve extremely heavy clients. the trainers often make them do a lot of explosive work, as well as a lot of joint intense work right out of the gate.

This makes me wince. Maybe I am an oddball here but I would rather play it safe and build some conditioning while working on better eating habits.

I don't know my body could take the beating some of these trainers put clients through.

What do you think. Am I a wuss?

I agree. I cringe when I see them jogging, even for some lighter people, such as myself, jogging is a strict no-no due to an unstable knee...the bigger a person is, the more pressure, impact, the joint gets...the faster a person moves, the more the impact again; it's not good.

I remember seeing one person dislocate his shoulder through doing push-ups at a really heavy bodyweight. They check out their hearts and blood pressure but they don't seem to take weight and joints and the stability of tendons and such in to account when devising a routine for the newcomer to exercise. That may just be related to TV style, quick loss situations, but even so, what does it say about the trainers?

America is FAT! At least thats what the propaganda machine wants the masses to believe.

The documentary I watched last night lead in with the following quote (paraphrased):

100 million Americans are dangerously obese!

And then they proceeded to show 60 seconds of clips involving 400-700 pound people.

For balance watch the documentary Fat Head. He searches for all these incredibly fat people and has a hard time finding them. They are certainly not one out of every 2 adults as the propaganda machine tells us.

Today at the doctor the nurse didn't believe I was 43 and not taking medications. She asked me three times.

The documentary I watched last night lead in with the following quote (paraphrased):

100 million Americans are dangerously obese!

And then they proceeded to show 60 seconds of clips involving 400-700 pound people.

For balance watch the documentary Fat Head. He searches for all these incredibly fat people and has a hard time finding them. They are certainly not one out of every 2 adults as the propaganda machine tells us.

Today at the doctor the nurse didn't believe I was 43 and not taking medications. She asked me three times.

Fat Head is a good show.

I get the same crazy look from nurses when I go to the Dr.

1. they don't believe that I'm 49.

2. they don't believe me when I answer that I'm not taking any medications.

3. They then tell me that they need to know what medications I'm taking for any drug interaction issues.